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Unfortunatley I'm stuck in this very situation at the moment. My site was in the top 3 on google.com at the start of this year but since then I've been trapped in a cycle of being relegated out of the top 1000 results, only to be promoted again after reconsideration requests.

The most infuriating aspect of all this is that I have absolutely no idea what may have caused the problem. For me the past few months have been quite stressful, however, I can't even begin to imagine the damage which this could cause a small business which has come accustomed to steady traffic from Google.

The worst thing about it is that you're never made aware of the charge, let alone the evidence. Surely there has to be a better /fairer approach to this problem.

Oh, in case you're interested, my site is:

www.ishigaki-japan.com

It used to rank at between 1 & 3 on google.com for the term 'ishigaki japan'. It's the most comprehensive guide to the Japanese island of Ishigaki which I'm lucky enough to live on. (In fact, in all fairness I guess you could say that it's the only guide).

You may have seen lengthy discussions about my problems on google's webmasters forum.